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This document describes how to set up the memcached server, with which you can achieve some speed optimization. For the configuration of BlueSpice, also read the paragraph "Activate Memcached" in the "Caching" article.

Tips for this Document

Please, read this manual completely and work through the single installation steps one after another.

For editing the configuration files with a text editor, the files must be saved in UTF-8 coding without BOM (Byte Order Mark).

Linux

Installation

Install the memcached server in the package manager of your distribution.

Configuration

Open the file that contains the memcached configuration (for example, /etc/memcached.con under Debian / Ubuntu).Locate the -m argument and increase the amount of memory available depending on the capabilities of your server:

-m 1024

Save and close the file, and restart memcached.

Check the Server

Verify that the memcached server is running:

netstat -tulpn | grep 11211

If you receive an output that is similar to this, memcached has started successfully: